11:9 “So203 Itellyou: Ask,204andit will be givento you; seek, andyou will find; knock, andthe door205 will be openedfor you.11:10Foreveryonewho asks206receives, andthe one who seeksfinds, andto the one who knocks, the door207 will be opened.11:11Whatfatheramongyou, if your208sonasks for209a fish, will givehima snake210instead ofa fish?11:12Orif he asks foran egg, will givehima scorpion?21111:13Ifyou then, although youare212evil, knowhow to givegoodgiftsto yourchildren, how muchmorewillthe heavenlyFathergivethe HolySpirit213to those who askhim!”

Internal Light

11:33 “No oneafter lightinga lampputsit ina hidden place281orundera basket,282butona lampstand, so thatthose who come incan seethe light.11:34Youreyeis the lampof your body. Whenyoureyeishealthy,283yourwholebodyisfull of light, butwhenit isdiseased,284yourbodyis full of darkness.11:35Thereforeseeto it285 that the lightinyou286isnotdarkness.11:36If287then288yourwholebodyis full of light, with nopartin the dark,289it will beas full of lightaswhenthe lightof a lampshineson you.”290

Rebuking the Pharisees and Experts in the Law

11:37Ashe spoke,291a Pharisee292invitedJesus293to have a mealwithhim, so he went inandtookhis place at the table.29411:38The295 Phariseewas astonishedwhenhe sawthatJesus296 didnotfirstwashhis hands297beforethe meal.11:39Butthe Lordsaidtohim, “NowyouPhariseesclean298the outsideof the cupandthe plate, butinsideyouare fullof greedandwickedness.29911:40You fools!300 Didn’tthe one who madethe outsidemakethe insideas well?30111:41Butgivefromyour heartto those in need,302and303theneverythingwill becleanfor you.304

Clear the Debts

12:57 “And487whydon’tyou judgeforyourselveswhat is right?12:58Asyou are goingwithyouraccuserbeforethe magistrate,488makean effortto settlewithhimonthe way, so that he willnotdragyoubeforethe judge, andthe judgehandyouoverto the officer,489andthe officerthrowyouintoprison.12:59I tellyou, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!”490

Going to Jerusalem

13:31Atthattime,596somePharisees597came upand saidto Jesus,598 “Get away fromhere,599becauseHerod600wantsto killyou.”13:32But601he saidto them, “Go602and tellthatfox,603 ‘Look, I am casting outdemonsandperforminghealingstodayandtomorrow, andon the thirdday604 I will completemy work.60513:33NeverthelessImust606go onmy way todayandtomorrowandthe next day, becauseit is impossible607that a prophetshould be killed608outsideJerusalem.’60913:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,610you who killthe prophetsandstonethose who are senttoyou!611 How oftenI have longed612to gatheryourchildrentogetherasa hengathers herchicksunderher wings, but613you would havenoneof it!61413:35Look, yourhouseis forsaken!615 And I tellyou, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”616

The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin

15:3So734Jesus735 toldthem736thisparable:73715:4“Whichone738ofyou, if he hasa hundred739sheepandlosesoneofthem, wouldnotleavethe ninety-nineinthe open pasture740andgo look for741the one that is lostuntilhe findsit?74215:5Then743whenhe has foundit, he placesit onhisshoulders, rejoicing.15:6Returning744home, he calls together745his746 friendsandneighbors, tellingthem, ‘Rejoicewith me, becauseI have foundmysheepthat was lost.’15:7I tellyou, in the same waythere will bemore joyinheavenoveronesinner747who repentsthanoverninety-ninerighteous people748whohavenoneedto repent.749

Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow

18:1Then1022Jesus1023 toldthema parableto show them they shouldalways1024prayandnotlose heart.102518:2He said,1026 “Ina certaincity1027there wasa judge1028who neitherfearedGodnorrespectedpeople.102918:3There wasalsoa widow1030inthatcity1031who kept coming1032tohimand saying, ‘Givemejusticeagainstmyadversary.’18:4For1033 a while he refused, but later on1034he saidtohimself, ‘ThoughIneitherfearGodnorhave regardfor people,103518:5yetbecausethiswidowkeeps onbotheringme, I will giveherjustice, or inthe endshe will wearmeout1036 by her unending pleas.’”103718:6Andthe Lordsaid, “Listento whatthe unrighteousjudgesays!103818:7Won’t1039Godgivejusticeto hischosen ones, who cry out1040to himdayandnight?1041 Will he delay1042 long to helpthem?18:8I tellyou, he will givethemjusticespeedily.1043Nevertheless, when the Sonof Mancomes, will he findfaith1044onearth?”